EPSG systems

EPSG:5340 POSGAR 2007

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Argentina. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:5340
NamePOSGAR 2007
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Argentina
Argentina - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -73,59° · S -58,41° · E -52,63° · N -21,78°
Countries Argentina
DatumPosiciones Geodesicas Argentinas 2007
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 POSGAR 2007 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:9264) — accuracy 0.5 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=-0.41,0.46,-0.35 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:5340.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_POSGAR_2007",DATUM["D_POSGAR_2007",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Argentina

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.